Seventh Pacific

Science

Congress In Nz

DELEGATES to the Pacific Science Congress are now assembling in New Hnrw 6^ Tl ? e Con & re ss will be held during February in Auckland and Christ cnurch.

There will be innumerable papers pre sented, and long discussions, but it re .seen whether this Congress wfil contribute very much to a solution of the worlds troubles.

This is the seventh Pacific Science Con gress—the previous six. all of which were held prior to World War 11, were held in Canada, United States, Hawaii, Mexico, Australia and Japan.

The world has had lately rather a surfeit of international conferences de signed to assist worthy causes.

The scientists will deal with a wide variety of subjects related to the Pacific area—such as oceanography, geophysics geology, botany, zoology, anthropology, meteorology, agriculture, forestry, public Health and social services. Something of real benefit to the Pacific should come out of all that.

Sixteen papers, ranging from entom ology and agriculture to tuberculosis, linguistics and education, will be pre

sented by Fiji delegates, who include: Dr. R. W. D. Maxwell and Messrs. H.

Hayden. G. K. Roth, B. E V. Parham, G. B. Milner, W. J. Blackie, H. Hall, C.

Marshall, B. A. O’Connor, L. Smythe and Ami Chandra.